• Re: xkcd: Human Altitude

    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Tue Jan 21 14:40:23 2025
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    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Note that the chart does not require reaching Mars, just reaching new >altitudes.

    Yes: you could send a basketball player to the moon for instance.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to YourName@YourISP.com on Fri Jan 24 00:55:33 2025
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    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2025-01-22 20:53:09 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
    On 1/21/2025 8:40 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Note that the chart does not require reaching Mars, just reaching new
    altitudes.

    Yes: you could send a basketball player to the moon for instance.
    --scott

    That height difference would be lost in the plot.

    Lynn

    It would also only work if the basketball played stood on the far side
    of the Moon, which nobody has done yet.

    No problem. You send a Russian basketball player.
    --scott
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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 7 14:22:41 2025
    On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:10:41 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2025-01-22 20:53:09 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
    On 1/21/2025 8:40 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    Note that the chart does not require reaching Mars, just reaching new
    altitudes.

    Yes: you could send a basketball player to the moon for instance.
    --scott

    That height difference would be lost in the plot.

    Lynn

    It would also only work if the basketball played stood on the far side
    of the Moon, which nobody has done yet.

    Where are the Chinese on their moon base project (which is said to be
    planned for the lunar far side)?

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